Continuing the series of military exercises with countries in the Indo-Pacific, the Indian Air Force (IAF) will join 16 other nations, including Quad partners for Exercise Pitch Black, the biennial exercise hosted by the Australian Air Force.
About Pitch-Black Exercise –
- Exercise Pitch Black a biennial multi-national large force employment warfare exercise conducted by Australia.
- The 2018 exercise saw participation of 16 nations and more than 140 aircraft and it was the largest Pitch Black ever conducted by Australia.
- The first Pitch Black exercises took place in 1981 between different RAAF units.
- Later in 1990, it began as training exercise between Australia and Singapore and then was expanded as multilateral exercises by inviting international air forces with which Australia has defence ties.
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